Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
29 Dec, 1974 (49 years old)

Mekhi Phifer

Biography

Mekhi Thira Phifer (born December 29, 1974) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his multi-year role as Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's long-running medical drama ER and his co-starring role opposite Eminem in the feature film 8 Mile. He was a regular on the Fox crime show Lie to Me portraying the role of Ben Reynolds, before season 3. He was born in in Harlem, New York City, the son of Rhoda Phifer, a high school teacher; he grew up in a single-parent household with his mother. His acting career began in 1995, when Phifer attended an open casting call for director Spike Lee’s Clockers, beating over a thousand others to get the lead role as a narcotics dealer embroiled in a murder cover-up. He followed that role with another in the comedy spoof feature High School High (which also starred his former wife Malinda Williams) and continued by co-starring in the fright flick I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze, Jr. Among Phifer’s other big-screen credits are Soul Food, The Biography of Spud Webb, Hell’s Kitchen, NYC, Tears of a Clown, O (as the titular character Odin a.k.a. O), and the thriller Uninvited Guest (as Silk). He appeared in Impostor as well as Paid in Full, 8 Mile, opposite Eminem and Dawn of the Dead. Phifer has a son, Omikaye, with his ex-wife, actress Malinda Williams. His second son, Mekhi Thira Phifer Jr., was born to his girlfriend Oni Souratha in Los Angeles on October 30, 2007.

Known For

The Silent Hour
HD
R
1h 35m 2024

The Silent Hour

Crime Movie
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
HD
PG-13
2h 4m 2024

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

Comedy Movie
Lights Out
HD
R
1h 30m 2024

Lights Out

Action Movie
Obsession
HD
TV-MA
1h 31m 2019

Obsession

Thriller Movie
Canal Street
HD
PG-13
1h 35m 2019

Canal Street

Drama Movie
The Bobby Brown Story
HD
TV-14
2018

The Bobby Brown Story

Drama TV Show

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